'Budget Flight VIRMANAS ' - India's first Mars satellite 'Mangalyaan' enters orbit

India's first Mars satellite 'Mangalyaan' enters orbit

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24 September 2014 Last updated at 14:53 India's first Mars satellite 'Mangalyaan' enters orbit


There were some anxious moments at ground control as technicians waited for news on the orbiter



A 24-minute engine burn slowed the probe down enough to allow it to be captured by Mars' gravity

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Man on Mars? NASA's Maven spacecraft explores the possibility


Published on 21 Sep 2014

The Nasa Maven spacecraft is expected to complete a 10-month voyage to Mars on Sunday. Once in orbit, NASA scientists will gather information about the Red Planet's atmosphere. Information that will hopefully offer clues about Earth's climate and the future possibility of man landing on Mars. The NewsHour's Miles O'Brien talks about the mission's significance with Hari Sreenivasan.

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